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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-4

…when they have been manufactured by an establishment not authorised under Article 13.1 of Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001. In the case of reference m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-28

…an offer of electronic communications services to the consumer, directly or through a third party, may not make the conclusion or amendment of the terms of a contract governing the provision of an el…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Mutual assistance for the purpose of seizing the proceeds of an offence with a view to their subsequent confiscation

Article 694-10

In the absence of an international convention stipulating otherwise, the articles 694-11 to 694-13 shall apply to requests for mutual assistance from the competent foreign authorities for the seizure,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article L2352-3

Seats on the special negotiating body are allocated between the Member States in proportion to the number of employees in each of these States in relation to the workforce of the participating compani…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-8-5

The provisions of article 529-7 of this code relating to the fixed fine with a minority are applicable to second, third and fourth class offences mentioned in article R. 48-1 (1°) with the exception o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-11

Junior doctors are entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, leave for the arrival of a child placed with a view to adoption, adoption leave or paternity and childcare leave for the periods and accord…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-18

…rder to enable the public accountant to issue a collection notice in accordance with Article L. 612-20, VIII, the Banque de France, after receiving the assent of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article R5832-1

I. - The provisions of articles R. 5211-19 to R. 5211-40 shall apply to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional and interregional councils

Article D4311-85

…of nurses on the most recently published register is greater than 10,000 and less than or equal to 20,000: a) Two pairs of full members and two pairs of alternates representing self-employed nurses ;…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Seizures in the hands of the debtor

Article R221-16

…ng, that the seized assets are unavailable, that they are placed in the debtor's custody, that they may not be alienated or moved, except in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article &l…

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